As Fani entered Bangaldesh, strong winds with rain started to lash many parts of the nation from Friday night, destroying homes, damaging crops and roads, and uprooting trees. 🌎 Cyclone Fani Kills 4 in Bangladesh, Leaves 63 Injured; Over Million People Evacuated to Safer Places.
Cyclone Fani packed winds of 250 kilometers (155 miles) per hour when it made landfall in eastern Odisha state on Friday, equivalent in strength to a Category 4 hurricane, said Mohammad Heidarzadei, an expert on cyclones at Brunel University of London.
· Cyclone Fani: ferocious winds leave trail of destruction in eastern India – video The seaside temple town of Puri, which lay directly in the path of Fani, sustained extensive damage as winds
Cyclone Fani, one of the strongest storms to hit India in two decades, made landfall on Friday morning in the eastern state of Odisha — leaving a path of destruction in its wake and impacting an area that tens of millions of people call home.